Dunbar, West Virginia, WV Municipal Code — every chapter, in plain language

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1. Dunbar, West Virginia
2. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DUNBAR, WEST VIRGINIA
3. ROSTER OF CITY OFFICIALS
4. ADOPTING ORDINANCE 710
5. EDITOR'S NOTE
6. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
7. CHARTER
8. SECTION 1. INCORPORATION.
9. SECTION 2. CORPORATE LIMITS.
10. SECTION 3. VOTING PRECINCTS.
11. SECTION 4. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
12. SECTION 5. CORPORATE POWERS GENERALLY.
13. SECTION 6. ELECTIONS; QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS.
14. SECTION 7. PROVISIONS FOR FIRST ELECTION.
15. SECTION 8. REPEALED.
16. SECTION 9. COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW.
17. SECTION 10. DATE AND FREQUENCY OF ELECTIONS.
18. SECTION 11. PLACE OF ELECTIONS; GENERAL PROCEDURES.
19. SECTION 12. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS.
20. SECTION 13. WHEN DUTIES BEGIN; TERMS OF OFFICE; TIE VOTES.
21. SECTION 14. COMPLIANCE WITH W. VA. CODE Ch. 3.
22. SECTION 15. REPEALED.
23. SECTION 16. PRESIDING OFFICER OF COUNCIL; DUTIES OF MAYOR AND CLERK.
24. SECTION 17. COUNCIL TO HAVE LEGISLATIVE FUNCTIONS; RIGHT TO DEMAND INFORMATION.
25. SECTION 18. AUDIT OF BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS; PUBLICATION OF AUDIT REPORT.
26. SECTION 19. REMOVAL OF OFFICERS.
27. SECTION 20. RULES AND REGULATIONS OF COUNCIL; RECORD OF MEETINGS; PUBLIC INSPECTION OF BOOKS AND RECORDS.
28. SECTION 21. COUNCIL MEETINGS; TIME AND PLACE.
29. SECTION 22. SPECIAL MEETINGS.
30. SECTION 23. CONTESTED ELECTIONS.
31. SECTION 24. OATHS OF OFFICERS.
32. SECTION 25. BONDS OF OFFICERS.
33. SECTION 26. QUORUM.
34. SECTION 27. HOW VOTE TAKEN IN COUNCIL.
35. SECTION 28. MINUTES OF COUNCIL MEETINGS.
36. SECTION 29. HOLDING TWO OFFICES; TERMS OF OFFICE.
37. SECTION 30. FAILURE OF OFFICER TO APPOINT.
38. SECTION 31. VACANCIES IN OFFICE.
39. SECTION 32. MALFEASANCE OF OFFICERS.
40. SECTION 33. ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES; PRODUCTION OF BOOKS, ETC.; PUNISHING CONTEMPTS.
41. SECTION 34. ABSENCE OR INABILITY OF OFFICERS.
42. SECTION 35. QUALIFICATIONS OF MAYOR AND CITY CLERK; SALARIES; POWERS AND DUTIES OF MAYOR GENERALLY; DUTIES OF CITY SOLICITOR AND CITY CLERK; TERMS OF OFFICE.
43. SECTION 36. POWERS AND DUTIES OF MANAGER; SALARIES OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR.
44. SECTION 37. FRANCHISES; CONDITIONS FOR GRANTING.
45. SECTION 38. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS.
46. SECTION 39. POWER OF COUNCIL TO APPOINT COMMITTEES; POWER AND AUTHORITY OF COMMITTEES.
47. SECTION 40. ORDINANCES; STYLE.
48. SECTION 41. PROCEDURES FOR ENACTMENT.
49. SECTION 42. RECORDATION; ADOPTION OF CODE OF LAWS AND ORDINANCES.
50. SECTION 43. OFFICERS TO BE CONSERVATORS OF THE PEACE.
51. SECTION 44. POLICE JUDGE; GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
52. SECTION 45. AGE AND RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS; ABSENCE OR INABILITY TO PERFORM DUTIES.
53. SECTION 46. RIGHTS OF ARRESTED PERSON.
54. SECTION 47. NUISANCES.
55. SECTION 48. CONTENTS OF PRIVIES, ETC., TO EMPTY INTO DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
56. SECTION 49. SIDEWALKS.
57. SECTION 50. TAXATION; DUTIES OF COUNCIL GENERALLY.
58. SECTION 51. AUTHORITY TO TAX PROPERTY, VEHICLES FOR HIRE, DOGS, ETC.
59. SECTION 52. METHOD OF COLLECTION.
60. SECTION 53. POWER OF CITY COLLECTOR.
61. SECTION 54. PROPERTY WHICH IS LIABLE FOR TAX; DISTRAINT.
62. SECTION 55. LIEN UPON PROPERTY FOR CITY TAXES.
63. SECTION 56. CERTIFICATION OF LIENS TO STATE AUDITOR.
64. SECTION 57. TAXES FOR ROADS, SUPPORT OF POOR; JURISDICTION OVER ROADS, BRIDGES, FERRIES, ETC.
65. SECTION 58. DEPOSITING CITY FUNDS.
66. SECTION 59. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS; PUBLIC UTILITIES, MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, ETC.
67. SECTION 60. STREETS AND ALLEYS; SEWERS.
68. SECTION 61. IMPROVEMENT OF STREETS AND ALLEYS; ASSESSMENTS ON ABUTTING OWNERS.
69. SECTION 62. CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC SEWERS; ASSESSMENTS ON ABUTTING OWNERS; REQUIREMENT TO CONNECT TO SEWER; PRIORITY OF CERTAIN LIENS; COST OF DRAINS INCLUDED IN ASSESSMENT.
70. SECTION 62a. AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT SEWERS; DEFINITIONS; ASSESSMENT OF COSTS; REQUIREMENT TO CONNECT TO SEWER; PRIORITY OF CERTAIN LIENS.
71. SECTION 63. RESOLUTION RELATING TO STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
72. SECTION 64. NOTICE TO OWNERS.
73. SECTION 65. COST OF PAVING CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS.
74. SECTION 66. BONDS TO PAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS; LIMITATION ON INDEBTEDNESS.
75. SECTION 67. HEARING CONCERNING IMPROVEMENTS; CONTENTS OF RESULTING ORDINANCE.
76. SECTION 68. ASSESSMENTS VALID AND BINDING; NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION RELATING TO SEWERS.
77. SECTION 69. COUNCIL VOTE NECESSARY FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
78. SECTION 70. PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS FOR IMPROVEMENTS PASSING THROUGH OR BY PUBLIC STRUCTURE OR PUBLIC GROUNDS.
79. SECTION 71. COSTS INCLUDED IN ASSESSMENTS.
80. SECTION 72. FILING OF STATEMENT OF DAMAGES.
81. SECTION 73. LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION OF PROCEEDINGS WITH RESPECT TO IMPROVEMENTS.
82. SECTION 74. VOTER APPROVAL FOR BOND ISSUES; ANNUAL BOND ELECTIONS.
83. SECTION 75. AUTHORITY TO ERECT, BUY, ETC., BUILDINGS FOR CITY GOVERNMENT; AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH HOSPITALS, LIBRARIES, ETC.
84. SECTION 76. FIRE DEPARTMENT; CIVIL SERVICE BOARD; EXAMINATIONS.
85. SECTION 77. APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL.
86. SECTION 78. MEMBERS OF FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS NOT TO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN ELECTIONS; PENALTY.
87. SECTION 79. HEARING OF CHARGES AGAINST MEMBERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT; ACTION BY COUNCIL AFTER HEARING.
88. SECTION 80. MANNER OF SERVING NOTICE.
89. SECTION 81. DUTIES OF CITY CLERK IN RELATION TO ELECTIONS.
90. SECTION 82. APPOINTMENT, REMOVAL AND GENERAL DUTIES OF POLICE.
91. SECTION 83. REPEALED.
92. SECTION 84. MONTHLY REPORT BY MANAGER.
93. SECTION 85. ADDITIONAL METHOD OF IMPROVING STREETS AND ALLEYS.
94. SECTION 86. PROCEDURE WHEN ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN MADE AGAINST WRONG PERSON.
95. SECTION 87. ADDITIONAL METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTION, ETC., OF SIDEWALKS.
96. SECTION 88. ADDITIONAL METHOD OF IMPROVING STREETS AND ALLEYS.
97. SECTION 88b. ADDITIONAL METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SEWERS.
98. SECTION 88c. SUBDIVISION OF LAND FOR PURPOSE OF ASSESSMENT FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
99. SECTION 89. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE PROCESS; FILLING VACANCY IN OFFICE OF POLICE JUDGE.
100. SECTION 90. EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDINANCES; TITLE OF ORDINANCE.
101. SECTION 91. HEALTH COMMISSIONER.
102. SECTION 92. POLICE MATRON.
103. SECTION 93. CODIFICATION OF ORDINANCES.
104. SECTION 94. CEMETERIES.
105. SECTION 95. BUILDING INSPECTOR.
106. SECTION 96. POWER TO BUY, SELL OR EXCHANGE PROPERTY FOR STREET AND ALLEY IMPROVEMENT.
107. SECTION 97. EFFECTIVE DATE OF CHARTER.
108. SECTION 98. REPEAL OF INCONSISTENT ACTS.
109. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
110. CHAPTER ONE - General Provisions
111. ARTICLE 101 Codified Ordinances
112. ARTICLE 105 Wards and Boundaries
113. ARTICLE 107 Elections
114. ARTICLE 109 Purchasing Procedures and Procedures for the Disposal of Surplus Property
115. ARTICLE 110 Ethics in Government
116. CHAPTER THREE - Legislative
117. ARTICLE 111 Council
118. ARTICLE 113 Ordinances and Resolutions
119. CHAPTER FIVE - Administrative
120. ARTICLE 121 Mayor
121. ARTICLE 123 City Clerk
122. ARTICLE 125 City Solicitor
123. ARTICLE 127 City Collector
124. ARTICLE 129 Police Department
125. ARTICLE 131 Fire Department
126. ARTICLE 133 Dunbar Historic Preservation Commission
127. ARTICLE 134 Property Board
128. ARTICLE 135 Parking Commission
129. ARTICLE 137 Civil Service Commission
130. ARTICLE 139 Planning Commission
131. ARTICLE 141 Sanitary Board
132. ARTICLE 145 Park and Recreation Commission
133. ARTICLE 147 Board of Library Directors
134. ARTICLE 151 Employees Generally
135. CHAPTER SEVEN - Judicial
136. ARTICLE 171 Municipal Court
137. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
138. CHAPTER ONE - Administration
139. ARTICLE 301 Definitions
140. ARTICLE 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
141. ARTICLE 305 Traffic Control
142. CHAPTER THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
143. ARTICLE 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
144. ARTICLE 313 Traffic Control Devices
145. CHAPTER FIVE - Vehicular Operation
146. ARTICLE 331 Crashes
147. ARTICLE 333 Driving Under the Influence; Reckless Driving
148. ARTICLE 334 Open Container Law
149. ARTICLE 335 Speed Restrictions
150. ARTICLE 337 Driving on Right; Passing
151. ARTICLE 339 Turning and Starting; Signals
152. ARTICLE 341 Right of Way
153. ARTICLE 343 Special Stops Required
154. ARTICLE 345 Safety and Equipment
155. ARTICLE 347 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
156. ARTICLE 349 Miscellaneous Rules
157. ARTICLE 351 Licensing Generally
158. ARTICLE 353 Commercial Drivers
159. ARTICLE 355 All-Terrain Vehicles
160. ARTICLE 356 Electronic Communication Devices
161. ARTICLE 357 Autonomous Vehicles and Devices
162. CHAPTER SEVEN - Parking
163. ARTICLE 361 Parking Generally
164. CHAPTER NINE - Pedestrians and Bicycles
165. ARTICLE 371 Pedestrians
166. ARTICLE 373 Bicycles
167. ARTICLE 375 Motorized Apparatuses
168. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
169. ARTICLE 505 Animals and Fowl
170. ARTICLE 507 Dogs
171. ARTICLE 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
172. ARTICLE 511 Additional Nuisances: Penalties
173. ARTICLE 513 Gambling
174. ARTICLE 517 Indecency and Obscenity
175. ARTICLE 519 Junk and Abandoned Vehicles; Tires; Appliances
176. ARTICLE 521 Liquor Control
177. ARTICLE 525 Minors
178. ARTICLE 529 Offenses Relating to Persons
179. ARTICLE 533 Offenses Relating to Property
180. ARTICLE 541 Railroads
181. ARTICLE 545 Weapons and Explosives
182. ARTICLE 546 Fees for Funding Maintenance and Repair of Police Equipment
183. ARTICLE 547 Costs, Fees and Fines
184. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS AND TAXATION CODE
185. CHAPTER ONE - Business Regulations
186. ARTICLE 705 Alarm Systems
187. ARTICLE 709 Charitable Solicitations
188. ARTICLE 713 Garage Sales
189. ARTICLE 715 Pawnbrokers
190. CHAPTER THREE - Taxes and Service Charges
191. ARTICLE 720 City Tax and Fee Administration and Enforcement
192. ARTICLE 721 Licenses Generally
193. ARTICLE 723 Specific License Fees
194. ARTICLE 725 Stores
195. ARTICLE 729 Business and Occupation Tax
196. ARTICLE 730 Tax Credits for New and Expanding Businesses
197. ARTICLE 737 License Tax on Certain Professions
198. ARTICLE 738 Hotel Occupancy Tax
199. ARTICLE 741 Intoxicating Liquor
200. ARTICLE 743 Nonintoxicating Beer
201. ARTICLE 745 Private Clubs
202. ARTICLE 749 Public Utility Service Tax
203. ARTICLE 753 Wine Distributors and Retailers
204. ARTICLE 754 Circuses, Carnivals and Street Fairs
205. ARTICLE 759 Municipal Service Fee
206. ARTICLE 760 Municipal Sales and Service Tax and Municipal Use Tax
207. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
208. CHAPTER ONE - Street and Sidewalk Areas
209. ARTICLE 901 Excavations and Openings
210. ARTICLE 905 Streets and Sidewalks Generally
211. ARTICLE 909 Improvements
212. CHAPTER THREE - Utilities
213. ARTICLE 921 Sewers Generally
214. ARTICLE 925 Use of Public and Private Sewers
215. ARTICLE 926 Control of Post Construction Stormwater Runoff
216. ARTICLE 927 Stormwater Management and Surface Water Discharge Control
217. CHAPTER FIVE - Other Public Services
218. ARTICLE 951 Refuse Collection
219. ARTICLE 955 Municipal Swimming Pool
220. ARTICLE 959 Wine Cellars Park
221. PART ELEVEN - HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE
222. ARTICLE 1105 Nuisances
223. ARTICLE 1107 Storage of Building Materials, Junk and Other Nuisance Items
224. ARTICLE 1115 Littering
225. ARTICLE 1125 Trailers
226. ARTICLE 1130 Vacant Building Registration and Regulation
227. ARTICLE 1135 Unsafe Structures
228. PART THIRTEEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
229. CHAPTER ONE - Zoning Administration
230. ARTICLE 1301 Title; Authority; Purpose
231. ARTICLE 1303 Scope and Jurisdiction; Interpretation; Intent
232. ARTICLE 1305 Official Zoning Map
233. ARTICLE 1307 Enactment
234. ARTICLE 1309 Administration; Enforcement; Penalty; Amendments
235. ARTICLE 1311 Definitions
236. CHAPTER THREE - Zoning Districts and Regulations
237. ARTICLE 1315 Zoning Districts and Maps
238. ARTICLE 1317 Single Family Residence District (R-1)
239. ARTICLE 1319 Special Residential District (R-1A)
240. ARTICLE 1321 Multi-Family District (R-2)
241. ARTICLE 1323 Recreation District (REC)
242. ARTICLE 1325 General Commercial District (B-1)
243. ARTICLE 1327 Industrial District (I-1)
244. ARTICLE 1329 Supplemental Regulations
245. ARTICLE 1331 General Regulations
246. ARTICLE 1333 Parking and Off-Street Loading
247. ARTICLE 1335 Signs
248. ARTICLE 1337 Nonconforming Uses, Lots, and Structures
249. APPENDIX A Official Zoning Map
250. APPENDIX B Use Table
251. CHAPTER FIVE - Subdivision Regulations
252. ARTICLE 1351 Title; Definitions; Purpose
253. ARTICLE 1353 Application and Plan Requirements
254. ARTICLE 1355 Variances
255. ARTICLE 1357 Design Standards
256. ARTICLE 1359 Improvement and Construction Standards
257. ARTICLE 1361 Conditions of Acceptance
258. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
259. ARTICLE 1509 Storage, Handling and Use of Hazardous Substances
260. PART SEVENTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
261. CHAPTER ONE - Technical Codes Adopted
262. ARTICLE 1705 West Virginia State Building Code
263. CHAPTER THREE - Administration
264. ARTICLE 1721 Building Inspector
265. ARTICLE 1725 Permits and Fees
266. ARTICLE 1727 Contractor and Handyman Registration and Licensing
267. ARTICLE 1729 Exterior Sanitation and Common Nuisance Violations
268. ARTICLE 1730 License on Real Property For Costs in Abating Exterior Sanitation and Common Nuisance Violations
269. CHAPTER FIVE - Local Provisions
270. ARTICLE 1741 Electricity
271. ARTICLE 1745 Demolition of Buildings
272. ARTICLE 1749 Flood Control
273. ARTICLE 1753 Housing Regulations
274. ARTICLE 1757 Maintenance Standards
275. ARTICLE 1761 Plumbing Regulations
276. ARTICLE 1765 Satellite Dish Antennas
277. ARTICLE 1769 Security Measures
278. ARTICLE 1773 Warm Air Heating Contractors
279. ARTICLE 1777 Public Nuisance and Property Maintenance Regulations